New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-19
SOLDIERS IN PEEKSKILL.
GREAT FUN ON THE TRIP UP THE HUDSON.

THE 7TH GETS WARM WELCOME ON ITS ARRIVAL
"DETAILS OF THE LIFE AT STATE CAMP.
PEEKsKIII. June 1s .Speciai).-New-York's crack
regiment the 9TH National Guard, arrived here fot
its week of camp training about $3.50 to-day and
was salutcd with the customary booming of cannon,
the echoes of which skipped from hill to Mil and
drowned the cheers Of half the population of
peelxskill which had climbed the dusty mountain
road in order to give the warriors welcome.
Ihe CAMP is established for eight weeks. The
7th opens the meeting this year and will be fol-
lowed by the I2th, 9th, 47th, 23d, list and 22d
in the order given from July 80 to August 6, when
the camp closes. General Josiah ii. Porter Is the
commandant Of the post and the officers assigned
to duty at the camp are Inspector, Lieutenant
Colonel Frederick c. McIewee; inspector OF com
pany drill, Captain Horatio p. Stacpole, Tenth
battalion inspector of guard duty, Captain ~ B
Ihurston, 22d Regiment Colonel Frederick Phis-
terer Post Adutant, is the executive officer OF tho
POST.
At :25 this morning the vast drill room of tho
7th was crowded with militiamen in beetle COATS
and "mushroom" helmets and Colonel Emmons
Clark observed that he must go and put on his
uniform This chronological point would not ha'a
been worthy Of particular mention II the re2meh1
had moved on the SiXty-seventh Street elevated
station exactly at half past 0, but it was quarter
and Cap;astruck up Marching Through Georgia"
Ihe roll call showed rank and file s12, one OF thd
strongest musters the regiment has ever made.
But a number were already at PeelSskill detailed
to prepare the camp, others joined their compahei
at the Barge Office just as the boat was leaving,
and others went to Peeskill by train, while Capat
band numbered s5 so that the rank and file III camN
this evening will number nearly thousand.
Colonel Clark expressed his great satisfaction aS
such showing and at the same time MS SURPRISE
that SO many of his men were able TO leave lheir
business at duty's call at such time.
However the Third-ave cars were boarded with
dispatch and the men quickly marched throuSh INC
BARGE Office to the boat Long Branch. AS theN
embarked there were cheers from the crowds on one
Batery on the Staten Island pier, on the cie'a'cd
station and from every point where a shinfec W
the steamer could be obtained. No sooner "eio
the men on board than they stacked arms In inc
saloon making 1t look like an armory ana hufrieo
on deck in fatigue jackets. They seemed 10 po
quite different class Of mon when thcy came ouo
IL reminded one of Gargantuas MIL A humoer
of olcniGed broad chested men went in. but many
broad chests were hung on the stacked riles anu
dignity ard decorum were thrown 10 tiie WINS
in favor of boyish hllarity Amid every ST. 0.
cheer and yell the boat put OF 10 the "iige Vi
"Ilow Can Leave T.cei" AMI the Boys wereIoihihs
in when Private Lordy came rushing down ''o
wharf There was such a rush to the shore ran
20 see him Jump that the boat earccned lie leafed
and the cheers and yells of a thousand anu ono
throats carried him over the eig1 ieeV oi "s'el
safely on to the vessels deck
But this did not end the noise Dy any nTans
| Every steam tug and canal boat was saluted WIN
q tumult ht TO raise the dead, ana the uih wa,
| kept up until Grants grave was reacheu, am,
passed without notice. Then The Irivate ustrsped
his lInaTsack and Played baseball WIN cnaIns aif
of bread and chicken drum sticks, and the oiheers
sat in the ladies' saloon, each with candy poS
On his lap which Mazetti had filed with dainty
luncheons. ,...
| iut before this General Clark and Adlutant
| Rand had been busy making out the detail OF thc
dav This WAS as follows: Officer of the day,
| Captain J. c. Abrams senior officer OF the guard,
| Lieutenant j. A. 1ackerbury junior officer OF the
guard Lieutenant &. ii. Lydaker; eighteen posts
and three reieis Among the officers present were
Lieutenant Colonel Smith, Major Xix, Quafter
master Long, Commissary Schuyler, eur
econ Simpson and Assistant Surgeon Vail
entine, the latter conspicuous In MS
brand now uniform, which ELECTED so many compl-
mcntary remarks that the new doctor was kept In
I state of continual blush All the captains were
with the party cxcent Captain Cooper oi> impany
ID, who is away in Europe And in corner
modestly avoiding any undue amount OF attention.
was the chaplain Of the regiment, the Rev. Dr.
Weston, of St. Johns chaIeL
The handsome Cappa trying a new piece OF
his own composition. when the French frlgate hove
| in SIGHT and Immediately the tune CHANGED To
-" he Marseillaise," at which the boys chccied
Cappa before they gave due honors TO the foreigner.
| Then at Colonel Clarks residence, near Spuyten
Duyvil there flags flying and TWO httle
fellows on the beach fired five inch cannon While
q little sister waved the flag. Some distance
higher un at the residence of Lieutenant Scler-
merhorn a figure the size OF small church stood
out among the foliage, and here There Was another
salute fired After each one of the manifestations
Of popular sympathy the captain of the Long
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leo side OF the boat followed by several Officers and
! "the day we celebrate was duly celebrated.
But there was no liquor OF beer on board: Kind
hearted Captain McGuire can testify TO that There
ware several innocent kegs of beer. but their con-
tents we're exhausted by the time Pier was passed
| Notwithstanding these stringent regula'lous tne
| men mad a Jolly time going up the river. ana per-
hans they felt entitled to little less restraint on
his occasion because of the more severe restLlc-
tions thoy are to endure Tor tue coming week; for
II was understood that General Porter is go.
| ina to be strict. He has given notice that
| this is to be good business camp, and tDat
there is to be no skylarking no bogus parades no
| freworks even or recreations and entertainments
| of any kind. Ii is oven said-but TINS may oe q
| ioke-that he has threatened to sweep away tle
| d Owls Nest" and even to refuse the couniersgn
TO the rollickng widow" that Corporal Anderson
has been carrying around in glass case for these
il was hot and dusty march from the boat
landing at Roa Hook, opposite Peekskill, to the
camp on the hill, especially as the men were IN
nea,Ss neand of rde and thirty pounds of KNAPP
sack. The sky was clouded and there was scaIcety
n breat of air, except what was put IN motion oy
The bandkerchiefs and cheers of the hundred or
TWO OF peekskill folk and excursionis's who lined
the edge of the camp-ground: Immediately OF,
arrival there was roll-call and guard mount, and
then a rush for the tents and the big TUBS tnat
stood IN front of thea. At sundown there wasa
dress parade and Cappa's band gave concert be-
fore the camp OF Colonel Clark.
One of .he al alterations made by the recent law is
that the guard shall he changed once every twenty;
four hours instead of twice, as formerly Inc guar"
oft
aud from then every twenty-iour hours paS
Colonel Clark thinks it will not be adYisapie 70
men n chance of learning guard duty and TINS ar
ranasment ,a would not give all of them chance.